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Cultivar

B. ‘Queen Irene’

Identity

Genus: Begonia
Name: B. ‘Queen Irene’
Originator: Brad Thompson
Date of Origin: 1992
Place: Lomita, Ca.
Country: USA
Region: America
Plant Type: Cane-like - Superba
Female Parent: B. ‘Alice N.’
Male Parent: B. ‘Orange Rubra’
Publication Reference: BTL

Plant

Plant Height: Low to Medium 1m
Stem Type: Upright
Other Features: Large flower clusters

Lineage

Parents

Female parent

B. ‘Alice N.’

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Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Ancestry tree

B. ‘Queen Irene’

Female parent

B. ‘Alice N.’

Female parent

B. ‘Elizabeth Lockhart’

Female parent

B. ‘Superba type seedling’

Male parent

B. aconitifolia

B. sceptrum hort. ex Rodigas, Rev. Hort. Belge Étrangerè 10:253. 1884; B. faureana Linden ex Garnier, Ill. Hort. 42:152, pl. 34. 1895.—Everett, J. New York Bot. Gard. 41:16, pl. 1940.— E.L. Jacques & M.C.H. Mamede, Revista Brasil. Bot. 28(3):579-80. 2005;

Male parent

B. ‘Orange Rubra’

Female parent

Male parent

B. ‘Coral Rubra’

Cited as a form of B. coccinea

Female parent

B. rubra hort. ex Irmscher. 1960;

Descendants

No recorded descendants.

Culture

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